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KOJOE90
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Leon Spinks.

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Anybody got a list of Leon Spinks amateur fights?

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Venceremos
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about leon spinks's amateur career

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Leon Spinks
Born in Saint-Louis (Missouri) the Jul-11-1953
United States
1,86 m / 6 ft. 1 in.

Record: Amateur: 185 fights; 178+, 7-

1974

United States, Lightheavyweight: 1°

World Championships, La Havane, Lightheavyweight: 3°
+ Jakob Odong (Oug), kot 1
+ Nasley Thompson (Jam)/Mohamed Saoud (Mar), forfait
- Oleg Karataev (URSS), kot 3

1975

United States, Lightheavyweight: 1°
+ Thomas Johnson, points

Panamerican Games, Mexico, Lightheavyweight: 2°
- Orestes Pedrozo (Cub), points

1976

United States, Lightheavyweight: 1°

Olympic Trials, Lightheavyweight: 1°
+ John Davis, points

Olympic Games, Montreal, Lightheavyweight: 1°
+ Abdellatif Fatihi (Mar), kot 1
+ Anatoly Klimanov (URSS), points
+ Ottomar Sachse (RDA), points
+ Janusz Gortat (Pol), points
+ Sixto Soria (Cub), kot 3
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Re: about leon spinks's amateur career

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Didn't Leon make the finals of the 1973 National AAU's?



Venceremos wrote:Leon Spinks
Born in Saint-Louis (Missouri) the Jul-11-1953
United States
1,86 m / 6 ft. 1 in.

Record: Amateur: 185 fights; 178+, 7-

1974

United States, Lightheavyweight: 1°

World Championships, La Havane, Lightheavyweight: 3°
+ Jakob Odong (Oug), kot 1
+ Nasley Thompson (Jam)/Mohamed Saoud (Mar), forfait
- Oleg Karataev (URSS), kot 3

1975

United States, Lightheavyweight: 1°
+ Thomas Johnson, points

Panamerican Games, Mexico, Lightheavyweight: 2°
- Orestes Pedrozo (Cub), points

1976

United States, Lightheavyweight: 1°

Olympic Trials, Lightheavyweight: 1°
+ John Davis, points

Olympic Games, Montreal, Lightheavyweight: 1°
+ Abdellatif Fatihi (Mar), kot 1
+ Anatoly Klimanov (URSS), points
+ Ottomar Sachse (RDA), points
+ Janusz Gortat (Pol), points
+ Sixto Soria (Cub), kot 3
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Re: Leon Spinks.

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Some new bouts

1973-03-22 81kg D.C.Barker USA L PTS Lowell, USA US Golden Gloves Semi-Final
1973-05-12 81kg D.C.Barker USA L KO 1 Boston, USA US Nationals Final
1974-06-14 81kg Eddie Davis USA W TKO 2 Knoxville, USA US Nationals Semi-Final
1974-06-15 81kg Michael Dokes USA W PTS Knoxville, USA US Nationals Final
1974-08-25 81kg Jacob Odonga UGA W KO 1 Havana, Cuba World Champs Preliminaries 1/8
1974-08-27 81kg --- --- W WO. Havana, Cuba World Champs Quarter-Final
1974-08-28 81kg Oleg Korotayev URS L TKO 3 Havana, Cuba World Champs Semi-Final
1974-10-13 81kg Janusz Gortat POL L PTS Warsaw, Poland dual POL-USA
1974-10-20 81kg Grzegorz Pigoń POL W PTS Katowice, Poland dual POL-USA
1974-10-24 81kg Wiesław Adamski POL W DQ 3 Gdańsk, Poland dual POL-USA
1975-01-25 81kg Oleg Korotayev URS W PTS Saint Louis, USA dual USA-URS
1975-06-?? 81kg Tom Johnson USA W ??? Shreveport, USA US Nationals Final
1975-07-05 81kg Guenther Peters FRG W TKO Mannheim, FRG dual FRG-USA
1975-09-05 81kg Paul Ramos USA W PTS Madison, USA US Panam Trials Semi-Final
1975-09-06 81kg Tom Johnson USA W 4:1 Madison, USA US Panam Trials Final
1975-10-19 81kg Terrence Bristol GUY W KO 2 Ciudad Mexico, Mexico Panamerican Games Quarter-Final
1975-10-22 81kg Joao Batista BRA W PTS Ciudad Mexico, Mexico Panamerican Games Semi-Final
1975-10-25 81kg Orestes Pedroso CUB L PTS Ciudad Mexico, Mexico Panamerican Games Final
1975-11-14 ??kg Rufat Riskiyev URS W PTS New York, USA heavy dual USA-URS
1976-05-15 81kg Milford Kemp USA W PTS Las Vegas, USA US Nationals Final
1976-06-03 81kg Reginald Phillips USA W WO. Cincinnati, USA Olympic Trials Quarter-Final
1976-06-04 81kg Charles Smith USA W RSC 2 Cincinnati, USA Olympic Trials Semi-Final
1976-06-05 81kg John Davis USA W PTS Cincinnati, USA Olympic Trials Final
1976-06-26 81kg John Davis USA W 5:0 Burlington, USA Olympic Box-Offs
1976-07-19 81kg Abdellatif Fatihi MAR W KO 1 Montreal, Canada Olympic Games Preliminaries 1/16
1976-07-26 81kg Anatoliy Klimanov URS W 5:0 Montreal, Canada Olympic Games Preliminaries 1/8
1976-07-28 81kg Ottomar Sachse GDR W 5:0 Montreal, Canada Olympic Games Quarter-Final
1976-07-29 81kg Janusz Gortat POL W 5:0 Montreal, Canada Olympic Games Semi-Final
1976-07-31 81kg Sixto Soria CUB W RSC 3 Montreal, Canada Olympic Games Final

Additions very welcome
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Re: Leon Spinks.

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Bought a book on-line a few days back on the Spinks brothers :

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Haven't even opened it yet. So i can't even offer an opinion on it yet.
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Did better than Michael as an amateur.
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Re: Leon Spinks.

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Leon Spinks

1970

Mar 8 Darrel Parnell w/o Springfield, IL Springfield Golden Gloves 147 finals
Mar 17 Fred Washington TKO by 3 Las Vegas, NV National Golden Gloves 1st round
Apr 10 Darrel Parnell W 3 St. Louis, MO City Recreation 147 lb. finals

1971

Mar 14 Charles Brooks W 3 Springfield, IL Golden Gloves District finals
Mar 26 Walter Wilson W 3 St. Louis, MO City Recreation 165 lb. finals

1972

Feb 1 George Goforth W 3 St. Louis, MO Tournament of Champions semis
Feb 11 Ken McClain w/o St. Louis, MO Tournament of Champions finals
Mar 17 (no opponent) bye Minneapolis, MN National Golden Gloves 1st round
Mar 17 ??? L 3 Minneapolis, MN National Golden Gloves 2nd round
Nov 17 Joe Farmer KO 1 Kansas City, MO Missouri Valley AAU semis
Nov 18 Richie Barkley TKO 1 Kansas City, MO Missouri Valley AAU finals

1973

Mar 6 Steve Jenkins KO St. Louis, MO Intercity tournament
Mar 19 Verbie Garland W 3 Lowell, MA National Golden Gloves
Mar 20 (no opponent) w/o Lowell, MA National Golden Gloves 2nd round
Mar 21 Tom Prater W 3 Lowell, MA National Golden Gloves quarters
Mar 22 D.C. Barker L 3 Lowell, MA National Golden Gloves semis
Apr 26 Pete DuBois TKO 1 St. Louis, MO Ozark AAU finals
May 10 Nathan Young W 3 Boston, MA National AAU quarters
May 11 Alex Bell W 3 Boston, MA National AAU semis
May 12 D.C. Barker KO by 1 Boston, MA National AAU finals

1974

Jan 18 Willie Alexander TKO 2 High Point, NC Carolinas AAU semis
Jan 19 Russell Pickling W 3 High Point, NC Carolinas AAU finals
Jun 13 Joe Hall W 3 Knoxville, TN National AAU quarterfinals
Jun 14 Eddie Davis TKO 2 Knoxville, TN National AAU semis
Jun 15 Michael Dokes W 3 Knoxville, TN National AAU finals
Aug 25 Jacob Odonga KO 1 Havana, CUB World Championships
Aug 27 Auzaley Thompson w/o Havana, CUB World Championships quarters
Aug 28 Oleg Karatayev TKO by 3 Havana, CUB World Championships semis
Oct 13 Janusz Gortat L 3 Warsaw, POL Poland vs. USA dual
Oct 20 Grzegorz Pigon W 3 Katowice, POL Poland vs. USA dual
Oct 24 Wieslaw Adamski WDq 3 Gdansk, POL Poland vs. USA dual
Dec 7 Frank Williams L 3 Cincinnati, OH Tournament of Champions

1975

Jan 25 Oleg Karatayev W 3 St. Louis, MO USA vs. USSR dual
Feb 1 Bruce Miller TKO 1 High Point, NC Carolinas AAU finals
Thomas Johnson L 3 Interservice championships (?)
Jun 11 Robert Shires KO 2 Shreveport, LA National AAU Champs. 2nd round
Jun 12 Al Yasbick W 3 Shreveport, LA National AAU Champs. 3rd round
Jun 12 John Davis W 3 Shreveport, LA National AAU Champs. quarters
Jun 13 Paul Ramos W 3 Shreveport, LA National AAU Champs. semis
Jun 14 Thomas Johnson W 3 Shreveport, LA National AAU Champs. finals
Jul 5 Guenter Peters TKO Mannheim, GER USA vs. West Germany (went 3-0)
Sep 5 Paul Ramos W 3 Madison, WI Pan-Am Trials semis
Sep 6 Thomas Johnson W 3 Madison, WI Pan-Am Trials finals
Oct 19 Terrence Bristol KO 2 Mexico City, MEX Pan-Am Games quarters
Oct 22 Joao Batista W 3 Mexico City, MEX Pan-Am Games semis
Oct 25 Orestes Pedroso L 3 Mexico City, MEX Pan-Am Games finals
Nov 14 Rufyat Riskiev W 3 New York, NY USA vs. USSR Heavyweight dual

1976

Jan 10 Thomas Johnson W 3 Cincinnati, OH Armed Forces Tournament
Feb 7 Gene Moffitt W 3 High Point, NC Carolinas AAU finals
Mar 11 Ronald Goods W 3 Camp Lejeune, NC Marine Boxing Championships finals
Mar 30 Jerry Williams TKO 3 Camp Lejeune, NC Interservice Championships semifinals
Apr 1 Charles Smith TKO 1 Camp Lejeune, NC Interservice Championships finals
May 13 Manuel Garcia TKO Las Vegas, NV National AAU Champs. 2nd round
May 14 Jerry Williams TKO Las Vegas, NV National AAU Champs. quarters
May 14 Charles Smith KO 1 Las Vegas, NV National AAU Champs. semis
May 15 Milford Kemp W 3 Las Vegas, NV National AAU Champs. finals
Jun 3 Reginald Phillips w/o Cincinnati, OH Olympic Trials quarters
Jun 4 Charles Smith TKO 2 Cincinnati, OH Olympic Trials semis
Jun 5 John Davis W 3 Cincinnati, OH Olympic Trials finals
Jun 26 John Davis W 3 Burlington, VT Olympic Trials Box-Offs
Jul 19 Abellatif Fatihi KO 1 Montreal, CAN Olympic Games 1st round
Jul 26 Anatoliy Klimanov W 3 Montreal, CAN Olympic Games 2nd round
Jul 28 Ottomar Sachse W 3 Montreal, CAN Olympic Games quarters
Jul 29 Janusz Gortat W 3 Montreal, CAN Olympic Games semis
Jul 31 Sixto Soria TKO 3 Montreal, CAN Olympic Games finals
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